ACTOR

Powers Boothe

1948 - 2017

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Powers Allen Boothe (June 1, 1948 – May 14, 2017) was an American actor known for his commanding character actor roles on film and television. He received a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his portrayal of Jim Jones in Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Powers Boothe has received more than 5,126,280 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Powers Boothe is the 471st most popular actor (up from 571st in 2019), the 856th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,056th in 2019) and the 234th most popular American Actor.

Boothe is most famous for his roles in films such as Sin City, Tombstone, and Natural Born Killers. He also played the role of Senator Roark in Sin City and the role of Gideon Malick in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Powers Boothes by language

Over the past year Powers Boothe has had the most page views in the with 516,339 views, followed by German (31,632), and Russian (24,265). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (144.19%), Afrikaans (59.61%), and Latin (45.29%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Powers Boothe ranks 471 out of 13,578. Before him are Linda Hunt, Mark Margolis, Peter Stormare, Lex Barker, Morgan Fairchild, and Donnie Yen. After him are Alida Valli, Stéphane Audran, Joan Collins, Errol Flynn, Joaquin Phoenix, and Alberto Sordi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Powers Boothe ranks 49. Before him are Mikhail Baryshnikov, John Carpenter, Tom Wilkinson, Elizabeth Blackburn, Grace Jones, and Tony Iommi. After him are Arie Haan, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Valentin Ceaușescu, Brian Eno, Ian Paice, and Bernard-Henri Lévy. Among people deceased in 2017, Powers Boothe ranks 43. Before him are Emmanuelle Riva, Lotfi A. Zadeh, Jean Rochefort, Adnan Khashoggi, Liu Xiaobo, and Malcolm Young. After him are George A. Romero, Ryke Geerd Hamer, Harry Dean Stanton, Kenneth Arrow, Oliver Smithies, and Jonathan Demme.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Powers Boothe ranks 856 out of 20,380. Before him are Leon Cooper (1930), Clifford Shull (1915), Morgan Fairchild (1950), Ronnie Coleman (1964), Benjamin Guggenheim (1865), and Bing Crosby (1903). After him are Harriet Tubman (1820), Benedict Arnold (1741), Robert Ludlum (1927), Aaron T. Beck (1921), Anne Sullivan (1866), and Susan B. Anthony (1820).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Powers Boothe ranks 234. Before him are Tim Robbins (1958), Don Johnson (1949), Linda Hunt (1945), Mark Margolis (1939), Lex Barker (1919), and Morgan Fairchild (1950). After him are Matthew McConaughey (1969), Jason Robards (1922), Ginger Rogers (1911), Steve Buscemi (1957), Linda Hamilton (1956), and Winona Ryder (1971).

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Television and Movie Roles

Sin City
Senator Roark
Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust after redemption, and then there are those hoping for a little of both. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.
Apr 1o 20057.451 / 10
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Senator Roark
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
Aug 20o 20146.368 / 10
The Avengers
World Security Council
When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins!
Apr 25o 20127.712 / 10